I have teaching experience in science communication, Maths, and Physics.

Since February 2022, I have been serving as the Deputy Editor in Chief of astroEDU, the open-access platform for peer-reviewed astronomy educational activities. Operating under the auspices of the Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE) of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), astroEDU empowers educators and outreach professionals worldwide by providing educational activities that they can freely use, distribute, improve, and remix. In my role, I support the peer review process for new educational activities submitted to the platform, help shape the astroEDU editorial strategy, and scout for new authors and innovative educational activities. For this activity, I am associated to the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF). Discover more in this press release from the OAE. The OAE is hosted by the Haus der Astronomie (Germany), an astronomy outreach centre managed by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy.

Additionally, I contributed to translating Big Ideas in Astronomy into Italian (see the list of Italian translators in the Team section). Big Ideas in Astronomy is a project of the OAE that outlines eleven Big Ideas, expanding on them with sub-ideas and additional information. Designed for educators and astronomers, it helps them decide which topics to cover in teaching, training sessions, outreach activities, or resource development. The original English version and its translation to Italian (along with other languages) are available here.

Science communication workshops for QuantumFrontiers

I give annual workshops on science communication to members of the Cluster of Excellence QuantumFrontiers.

The first workshop, held online in 2020, was tailored for the coordinators of QuantumFrontiers research groups. We focused on crafting effective science communication strategies, covering in particular the identification of target audiences, key messages, and suitable communication channels and formats.

The following workshops, conducted in 2022 and 2023 at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Hannover (Germany), were aimed at early career researchers of QuantumFrontiers. The main goals were to raise the participants’ awareness of the importance of communicating their research work and to introduce science storytelling techniques to help them share their work in an engaging and impactful manner.

The Cluster of Excellence QuantumFrontiers consists of six German partner institutions: the Leibniz University Hannover, the Technical University of Braunschweig, the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. and the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity.

QuantumFrontiers explores light and matter at the quantum frontier, to merge quantum metrology and nanometrology and advance to the next level of unprecedented sensitivity and precision. Its research profits from an internationally unique infrastructure and contributes to the technological advancements of large international research collaborations in a range of fields: geodesy, quantum optics, laser science, solid-state physics, electrical engineering, gravitational physics, nanotechnology and quantum metrology.

Science communication training

I led a workshop on science communication and dissemination strategies for researchers involved in projects funded by the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) programme of the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme of the European Commission.

The workshop was part of a comprehensive training session organised by the FET2RIN European project. I gave it on behalf of the youris.com European Research Media Agency and the EFFECT European project (see the SciComm section). It took place on 13 December 2018 in Brussels (Belgium).

Maths and Physics teaching (2014 – 2016)

I have worked as a Maths and Physics teacher at the Ecole d’Humanité, a progressive boarding school in Switzerland. I taught students aged 16 – 20 taking the Swiss Matura Programme. My teaching philosophy is detailed in the following document: